The Tier-2 league of the Valorant Challengers 2024 DACH is set to start soon, but before the beginning of the tournament, there were some unusual situations. Yesterday, it became known that the tournament organizers permanently banned the Russian player Kleimon due to toxicity and aggression.

It should be noted that the situation around him unfolded back in the spring of 2023. During his participation in Valorant Challenger East, Kleimon (then known as Daisuke), also showed aggression and toxicity towards opponents. As a result, he received a lifetime ban from competing in VALORANT East: United, VALORANT Challengers East: Surge, and all tournaments organized by Polska Liga Esportowa S.A. After this, the player changed his nickname and planned to participate in Valorant Challengers 2024 DACH, but fortunately, he was unsuccessful.

Representatives of Valorant Challengers 2024 DACH and partners from Project V yesterday reported that considering the negative experience with the player, he will also be banned from participating in any events of the Valorant Challengers DACH series and tournaments from PROJECT V. As a result, the player under this announcement emphasized that the Challengers DACH league is a "league of clowns," once again proving his aggression.

READ MORE: "We created about 110 different variants" - Valorant visual designer talks about the development of the Kuronami set

As a result of this, the team in which Kleimon played turned out to be incomplete, and was disqualified from the Valorant Challengers 2024 DACH: Evolution Split 1 - Closed Qualifier. Now their place will be taken by the team kopfSHOOTAZ, which will start competing on January 20.